Since I apparently don’t have enough to do, and since it’s now a whole 3.5 weeks away from Rhinebeck (HAH that snuck up quickly), I thought it’d be a good time to cast on for a Rhinebeck sweater. I like having something new to wear at Rhinebeck, and I just bought this lovely dark teal green Manos Maxima (a soft single-spun worsted, much like Malabrigo worsted) at the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitter’s Fair and wanted to cast on for something before it sat for too long and became a forgotten part of the stash.

It’s going to be a cardigan, and with a few soft and squishy cables to go with the soft and squishy yarn, but other than that, I don’t have the entire plan nailed down yet. I’m going “off the cuff,” as it were. (Yuk yuk yuk, I kill me.)

Not sure yet if it’ll have a regular collar or a shawl collar (ooo, shawl collar…), pockets or no pockets (ooo, pockets…) but I DO know what I want the sleeves to do, so I’ll start there. If it all works out nicely, I’ll write it up. And goodness knows it’s finally starting to be sweater weather out there! Which is very exciting. The nice bonus with this is that at 4.5 sts/inch it’s going to work up relatively quickly, so I’ll have a cozy finished knit before too long.

Happy knitting today! May your Wednesday be over quickly and have your preferred refreshment waiting for you at the end of it.

It is sweater weather- and my sweater is mostly done. I just have to do button bands, collars, and seams- and then I realized that I have 2 papers, a midterm, 1 visit from my parents, and 1 visit home within the next week and a half. I guess that’s sorta like the stress of knitting a sweater in 3 weeks so it will be ready for Rhinebeck!
Plus, your yarn is gorgeous. So I’m sure it’ll knit up quickly!

I’ve been knitting my Rhinebeck sweater (first sweater ever AND first Rhinebeck ever) for months! Your post made me realize I need to get my butt in gear if I actually want to wear it to NY. One and a half sleeves and the collar to go – I think I will make it.

Love the new sleeve! I rarely comment (except for free giveaways, of course) because while I have mastered blog reading while knitting, I have not mastered typing comments while knitting, but I wanted to take a minute to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. …And I can’t wait to see what the sleeve turns out to be.

That is just lovely Glenna! I look forward to the day when I look at my stash and say “oh, I think I shall knit a sweater” and “oh I think I’ll knit one that is x, y and z” and just sit down, doodle a bit on paper and WHEEEEEE – cast on!!!! (oh – and of course I’ll swatch first!) I don’t know when that day will come, but I’m looking forward to experiencing it. (Seems like it’ll probably be a Wednesday though :-) )

I thought I recognised Manos Maxima. I have just cast on a pair of mittens with it, and I couldn’t believe how absolutely soft and squishy it is to work with, I don’t want to cast off. This jumper looks sooo lovely, I love cables :)